Pilot Phase

Pilotphase / Access Point Tanz (2022-2025)

During the pilot phase “Access Point Tanz” in 2022–2025, the visions of the conception phase are to be put directly into practice through a clear programme of activities that create synergies, connect centre and periphery in every way, reveal the gaps on the map of dance education, and foster underrepresented forms of dance.
One of the findings of the conception phase was the need to find alternatives to the term “Tanzvermittlungszentrum”.
The pilot phase is called “Access Point Tanz”.
“Access Point Tanz,” sees itself as a decentrally organised structure that promotes equality and diversity, pools knowledge and resources, strengthens the periphery, expands networks, and creates synergies between institutional and individual education and outreach work. An organisation that opposes all forms of discrimination and promotes critical discussion on issues related to diversity and inclusion while challenging and altering existing hierarchies. It not only keeps an eye on hierarchies between diverse dance genres, but also deconstructs and rethinks organisational power relations on a structural level. In other words, an organisation that is inclusive – and, as far as possible, leaves no one behind. A centre that celebrates what we have in common.
All the discussions, research, workshops and labs of the conception phase resulted in a concept paper that defines the further steps of the pilot phase. The concept paper can be read and downloaded here.

Pilotphase / Access Point Tanz 2023

Until the end of 2023, Access Point Tanz, under the coordination of Elena Basteri, will carry out several pilot activities that promote the visibility, networking and accessibility of Tanzvermittlung in Berlin.

Elena Basteri and Johanna Withelm are working together on a digital mapping of Berlin locations offering dance classes, courses and workshops (dance schools, clubs, neighbourhood and family centres, theatres and dance institutions and organisation, clubs). The aim is to visualise the size, range and diversity of the various offers in the city in terms of dance styles, districts, locations and initiatives.

Based on the results of the conception phase, Nora Amin is conducting a series of interviews with actors and institutions of Tanzvermittlung in order to enter into a further exchange and to prepare a consolidation of future partnerships.

A workshop with the AG Working Culture (a working group of the ZTB – Zeitgenössischer Tanz Berlin e.V.) on possible working tools in the field of participatory practices is planned for the autumn, as well as a network meeting with the aim of facilitating an exchange and initiating a common working culture and synergies among the actors of Tanzvermittlung in Berlin and beyond.

The documentation of the 2023 pilot phase will be published here by the end of the year.